Your Health

 

Whether it is to do with the coronavirus, taking care of your mental health, getting access to other health services or information you need, Leeds GATE are here to help you. Scroll down for contacts and useful guidance.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  • The most common symptoms of coronavirus are

    • A high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)

    • A new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

UPDATE: The Government has updated it’s list of diseases and conditions considered to be very high risk:

1. Solid organ transplant recipients

2. People with specific cancers

· People with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy or radical radiotherapy for lung cancer

· People with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma who are at any stage of treatment

· People having immunotherapy or other continuing antibody treatments for cancer

· People having other targeted cancer treatments which can affect the immune system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors

· People who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6 months, or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs

3. People with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe COPD

4. People with rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism that significantly increase the risk of infections (such as SCID, homozygous sickle cell)

5. People on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection

6. People who are pregnant with significant heart disease, congenital or acquired

If you have a condition on this list you may be able to get extra help, for example in collecting medicines or food.

If you need assistance to register for extra help call Leeds GATE on 01132402444. We may ask you to use WhatsApp.

 

We’ve got loads of helpful films and information from Leeds GATE, London Gypsies and Travellers, Travellers Times, Friends, Families and Travellers and more. Scroll down and have a look

Although we are worried about the virus it is really important not to neglect other important health issues. Here’s Mags talking about making sure you get urgent help when needed.

We all know about the virus, but did you know there’s a new fitness craze sweeping the nation? Join Joe for his fitness session at 9am and get yourself moving! Here’s the link to session one. Why not subscribe to his channel and make a work-out part of your daily routine? Send us a video! Suitable for all ages.

Whether because of the coronavirus or another reason it is terribly hard to lose family and friends. Here is Leeds GATEs mental health support worker talking about how we can help ourselves to cope with bereavement.